Cao Ren, Xia Hou, Xia Hou Yuan and Le Jin were responsible for attacking the four gates of Shouchun. Cao Hong's task was to protect Cao Cao's safety. Cao Hong was slightly startled when he heard that Cao Cao had assigned him the task of capturing Shouchun City. However, as Cao Cao, Cao Hong, one of the most trusted generals, immediately roared and dragged his sword towards Shouchun City.
The sound of drums shook the sky. Cao Hong rode his horse across the moat and jumped onto the long ladder. On the top of the city, a thick hammer hit his head. Cao Hong's quick eyes and quick hands struck the log with his sword. He heard "Boom" "With a loud noise, Lei Mu turned somersault in mid-air and hit a long ladder next to it. The long ladder was immediately smashed into pieces. The four or five Cao Jun soldiers who were climbing on the long ladder suffered heavy injuries. He screamed and fell down. Everyone in the city screamed in surprise.
This knocked the wood away, and Cao Hong's arms were numb, but he gritted his teeth and continued to climb to the top of the city. By the time the soldiers and Minzhuang on the top of the city came to their senses from the shock, Cao Hong had already climbed to half his waist. .
Several minzhuangs who had reacted raised a push pole, pushed it against the long ladder, and pushed it out with all their strength. Seeing that the long ladder had gradually left the city, they suddenly heard Cao Hong shouting and tapping his sword on the city wall. He jumped into the air and stepped heavily on the long ladder again. There was a "bang" sound, and a burst of smoke and dust rose up from the top of the city. The long ladder was set up on the top of the city again, and Cao Hong had already climbed up a few steps.
Seeing this, a group of soldiers ignored the threat of Cao's army's crossbowmen below the city and leaned out of the arrow stack. They heard a sound of bowstrings, and more than ten feather arrows went straight towards Cao Hong. Cao Hong wielded his sword with one hand and fired the arrows. They shook off the dust one after another. Suddenly, they saw him swaying, letting out a muffled grunt, and he was hit by an arrow on his left shoulder.
The crossbowmen of Cao's army below the city let out a burst of surprise and raised their heads to shoot up the city, suppressing the archers on the top of the city and covering for Cao Hong. Cao Hong took this opportunity and continued to climb to the top of the city, only two steps away from him. Then we can rush to the top of the city. At this critical pass, Cao Cao's rear army suddenly became chaotic. Countless cavalry swept in with billowing smoke and soon cut Cao Cao's army into several pieces. However, reinforcements from the Han army arrived.
Cao Hong, who was about to jump up to the top of the city, suddenly heard the war drums stop and knew something was wrong. He quickly turned around and looked. He stood high and looked far away, and saw smoke and dust billowing from behind Cao's army. He didn't know how many cavalry were rushing towards him. I couldn't help but be surprised.
Cao Hong's mission is to protect Cao Cao. If Cao Cao is finished, what's the use of them taking Shouchun City? Thinking of this, Cao Hong no longer bothers to climb up, jumps down from the long ladder several feet high, and fights on the spot. He rolled, got on his horse, and rushed towards the road. At this time, Cao's army was in chaos.
Cao's army, which was mainly infantry, was attacked suddenly and had no time to form an effective formation to block the impact of the Han cavalry, so they had to run around with their heads in their hands.
Cao Cao didn't care about beating the drum anymore. He quickly threw away the drumsticks and hurriedly mounted his horse. He was full of regret now. If he had ignored Man Chong's false surrender from the beginning, he might have captured Shouchun City by now. If he had used it earlier. If reinforcements from Cao Hong or the Han army arrive two steps later, everything will change. But there are not so many what-ifs in the world, and Cao Cao can only flee now.
Cao Hong rode his horse back to the west bank of the moat. He saw Cao Cao's handsome flag at a glance and ran over quickly, where he met Xiahou.
Xia Hou said loudly: "The matter is urgent, it is important to save the Lord first!"
Cao Hong grabbed the handsome flag, raised his hand to Xiahou, and said: "General, take the lord south quickly, and I will lead the enemy away!"
Cao Cao already understood Cao Hong's intention and hurriedly stopped him: "Zilian, no!"
Cao Hong tightened the reins and said loudly: "The world cannot be without Hong, but it cannot be without justice!"
After saying that, Cao Hong drove his war horses and ran north. Seeing that Cao Cao was still watching, Xiahou quickly stepped forward and grabbed Cao Cao's horse's head, saying: "My lord, hurry up!"
When the Han cavalry saw Cao Cao's flag, they swarmed towards the north. Since the reinforcements appeared, Man Chong had been using a telescope on the top of the city to keep an eye on Cao Cao's movements. He watched the Han cavalry being lured away by Cao Hong.
I was so anxious that I stamped my feet, but there was nothing I could do. All four doors were blocked, and I couldn't get out, let alone deliver the news.
There were not many cavalry in Cao's army. After a year of fighting with Yuan Shao, after being worn out, there were less than 3,000 tiger and leopard cavalry left, but they were all warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles. The incident happened in a hurry, and many tiger and leopard cavalry were left.
Not knowing the inside story, he only knew to follow the handsome flag. Therefore, more than two thousand cavalry gathered around Cao Hong, more like protecting Cao Cao from escaping. Cao Hong wanted to divide some of his troops to protect Cao Cao, but he himself
They have also lost Cao Cao's location, and have no choice but to let these cavalry follow them.
After receiving Liu Xin's order, Xu Huang left behind Yan Yan, 50,000 infantry and 10,000 armored cavalry, and used the fortified camp under Yi Zha as a defensive position against Yuan Shao in Ye City. 300,000 prisoners of war of Yuan's army were also imprisoned.
Here, after careful screening, they were released in batches. Guan Yu's troops were also transferred from Neihuang to the south to besiege Liyang. The remaining generals rushed to Hulao Pass to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao.
At the forefront were more than 35,000 Han light cavalry, led by Zhang Fei and Zhang themselves. They rushed all the way to Hulao Pass, but learned that Cao Cao had already relieved the siege. So they led the troops and followed
They followed closely the traces of Cao's army and entered the territory of Runan.
At this time, Runan had been captured by Cao Cao, but Cao Cao did not leave many troops to garrison. Instead, he looted all the food from the county officials and the people in the city, and fled to the southeast.
Zhang Fei and Zhang knew that the troops in the southeastern counties were empty and did not dare to stay too long. They rushed over at starry night and encountered Cao's army besieging Shouchun City. They immediately divided their troops into two groups and rushed over to kill Cao's army. Suddenly, Zhang
Fei then saw Cao Cao's handsome flag, couldn't help but shouted, raised his snake spear and chased after him.
Along the way, many remnants of Cao's army tried to block the offensive of Han's cavalry, but without exception they fell under the hooves of Han's light cavalry. Soon, Zhang Fei caught up with the fleeing group of Cao's cavalry.
The tiger and leopard cavalry are the elite of Cao's army. The horses they ride on are all good prairie horses purchased by Cao Cao from Xianbei at a great expense. They are also equipped with copycat stirrups. Their riding skills are even better than those of the nomadic tribes on the prairie.
Not to mention more concessions.
However, no matter how brave the tiger and leopard cavalry were, they could not compare with the Han cavalry. As the two sides escaped and chased each other, the distance gradually shortened and they were already within the shooting range of the Han cavalry. The Han cavalry put away their sabers and bent their bows and arrows.
, the sound of "swish, swish, swish" was heard endlessly, and from time to time, Cao Jun's soldiers fell off their horses, and in the blink of an eye, they were trampled by countless iron hooves and turned into a pile of meat.
The Han cavalry chased closer and closer, but fewer and fewer tiger and leopard riders were following Cao Hong. During the rush, many of the imitation stirrups hanging under the saddles of the tiger and leopard horses began to fall off because they could not withstand the bumps. Some soldiers even
He also fell off his horse because of it. This is the difference between a copycat and a genuine one. In order to study how to closely combine the stirrups with the saddle, the research institute did a lot of work.
Once the stirrups fall off, the riding skills of the tiger and leopard cavalry will immediately drop to a lower level. Moreover, if you are used to using stirrups, you will be even more unaccustomed to them without the stirrups. At this critical moment, the Han cavalry has already caught up with you, Xue Liang
The saber was waving, ruthlessly harvesting their lives.
The imitation stirrup of Cao Hong's horse also fell off while running, but his riding skills were very good, so it was not affected too much. He knew that it would be useless to escape further, so he simply threw away the handsome flag, turned his horse around, and waved
The broadsword faced the Han army.
Zhang Fei was in hot pursuit when he suddenly saw Cao Jun throwing down his flag and a general coming to kill him with a sword. He couldn't help but cheer up and shouted angrily. It was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which made the ears of the soldiers of both armies buzz.
With the power of this roar, Zhang Fei had already rushed over with his horse and stabbed Cao Hong with a spear. Cao Hong hurriedly raised his sword to meet him. The two horses crossed each other, and the two men fought together. Although Cao Hong was good at martial arts, he was not good at it.
Zhang Fei's opponent, plus a feather arrow stuck in his left shoulder, caused pain from time to time.
After fighting for five or six rounds, Cao Hong felt weak, so he made a false cut and turned around to jump out of the circle. Zhang Fei was not willing to let him escape, so he shouted loudly and stabbed Cao Hong with his spear, hitting Cao Hong in the back of the heart. Cao Hong's body shook.
After a moment, he fell off his horse. Zhang Fei caught up and stabbed Cao Hong in the throat with another spear, killing him.
In a moment, more than two thousand tigers and leopards were killed, but Cao Cao was nowhere to be seen. Only then did Zhang Fei exclaim: "You have been fooled! Quick, kill back!"
So, more than 10,000 cavalrymen turned back and fought back. At this time, Cao Cao's defeated troops were everywhere in the mountains and plains. Where could they find Cao Cao? Zhang Fei had to lead his men to chase down those Cao Cao troops who had routed. After a short time, the surrounding areas were surrounded by more than ten thousand cavalrymen.
There were shouts of killing everywhere.
It turned out that Huang Zhong also received an order from Liu Xin, ordering Wei Yan to stay in Puyang City, and he led other troops back to the original station, just in time to catch up with this fighting. More than an hour later, Xu Huang arrived again with a large group of infantry.
, join the battle group immediately.
The fierce battle outside Shouchun City continued until nightfall. More than half of Cao Cao's 200,000 troops were killed or wounded, and countless surrendered. Cao Ren and Le Jin both died in the chaos. Only Cao Cao, Xia Hou, and Xia Hou Yuan took advantage of the chaos to escape and disappeared.
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At this time, Man Chong finally cleared the obstacles behind the four gates of Shouchun and welcomed Xu Huang, Huang Zhong and others' army into the city.
Among the generals, Xu Huang had the highest status, and he naturally took over the highest command. While sending people to clean the battlefield and collect prisoners, he also sent dozens of rangers to various places to search for the whereabouts of Cao Cao and others.
Suddenly, someone was beating the big drum outside the Shouchun County government office. This was Liu Xin's innovation. A big drum was set up outside every county government office, allowing people to beat drums to complain about grievances. When they heard that people were beating drums, the county magistrates must immediately
Promoted to the board of directors, otherwise he will be punished for dereliction of duty.
Hearing the sound of the drum, Man Chong frowned, cupped his hands towards Xu Huang, and said, "There is a general here today. I don't dare to act on my own. I would like to invite the general to be promoted to the council."